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Madonna Almost Starred In One Of The Biggest '90s Box Office Flops
SlashFilmStory by staff@slashfilm.com (Witney Seibold)
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The Queen of Pop almost starred in a 90s box office bomb, but her creative demands were too much for the studio to handle.
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- Madonna was in talks to lead one of the biggest box office flops of the '90s, 'Waterworld' - a post-apocalyptic Kevin Costner film that bombed hard.
- The Material Girl wanted a full script rewrite, but the studio refused, leading her to drop out of the disastrous production that ultimately lost over $100 million.
call sheet
Madonna, Waterworld, Waterworld